5 Tips How to Grow a Ton of Sweet Potato in One Container or Garden Bed

If you would like to know how to grow a big harvest of sweet potato watch this video for my five top tips on sweet potato growing!

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Self Sufficient Me is based on our small 3-acre property/homestead in SE Queensland Australia about 45kms north of Brisbane - the climate is subtropical (similar to Florida). I started Self Sufficient Me in 2011 as a blog website project where I document and write about backyard food growing, self-sufficiency, and urban farming in general. I love sharing my foodie and DIY adventures online so come along with me and let's get into it! Cheers, Mark :)

[naomikriss]

Anyone else love the word “whipper-snipper? Way better than “weed-whacker”.

[joshuadaluz]

1:20 in the Philippines we mix the sweet potato leaves with tomatoes and onions with a vinaigrette, a side salad for fried fish or meat (ensaladang talbos ng kamote) 😊

[lb]

First time growing sweet potatoes for food. The Pandemic isn't giving us a break from high prices, and the stores are jacking up our food bill.
I see it this way, if anyone can grow sweet potatoes it's this 72 year-old woman. My family needs food, and I'm not going to sit back and wish I could help. I see it this way, at least I'm trying to provide. My huge backyard just became a new Victory Garden. Forget the rules of planting ..just get it in the ground and see what grows. My grandchildren need to learn how to grow food, and granny needs to show them how easy it can be to feed our family. God be with you all...get out there and grow something.

[thedunkleyorrsfamily]

Sweet potato can be a never ending plant. Before we harvest, we take the runners in half metre clippings and put them straight in the ground keeping the dirt moist for several days until it roots.

[BlessedBaubles]

My grandfather taught me a great trick for picking/harvesting. He taught me to snip each vine, leaving a good foot of vine still in the soil so I can see where the potatoes will be. Then I carefully dig down with a shovel, a few feet away, and pretty soon I'll see where the bunches are.
I always save enough potatoes through the winter and start my slips in the spring. I don't think I've bought slips for about 10 years because I just keep growing, getting slips, and so on.

[TheGoddessIAMcom]

Sweet potato leaves are edible like spinach. What I do when harvesting, is cut the top two feet of vines and remove the bottom four leaves then put in a tall vase full of water and in just a week you will have fine roots to start your new sweet potato patch. Stir-frying the leaves with garlic or miso is delicious. You can freeze extra leaves if you have more than you can eat at one time. Aloha!

[DONE]

Whipper snipper.
Also, Morning Glory being pervy.
Oh Australia, never change. 😌

[Liliarthan]

My mum grows sweet potato in a shallow self made raised garden bed and harvests the leaves for stir fry. She doesn't bother harvesting the roots at all. She managed to be completely self sufficient for fruit and vege in her tiny garden that's smaller than most retirement cottage equivalents.

[namysparkle]

The sweet potato leaves are amazingly sweet. Here in Zambia we eat the leaves all year round. The more you harvest, the more it grows.

[piggypoo]

"a whipper snipper."


American here enjoying these Australian terms.

[ARTerifik]

I love the fact you give honest advice. You don't try to structure your video in way that tries to sell us a gardening product. Keep up the good work. Wishing you a bountiful harvest in everything that you do.

[nikigreen]

It's "spread the love hour" and YOU sir, are the receiver of it today. I just have to say, I am so thankful for the content you provide. You are truly changing my life, the lives of many, and helping mother earth by spreading your knowledge. It is so important we learn to grow our own food because of the destructive environmental Impact big farming has on the planet. Not to mention if shit hits the fan with food shortages, which I foresee happening, we will know how to survive. The practices of mainstream big agriculture are quite literally sucking the earth dry. And I also like that you teach in the most Organic environmentally conscious way. You are so loved and valued. I am honored to have found your videos and am acknowledging all the hard work and effort you have put into becoming a mentor in this field, and I acknowledge the dedication and work it takes to put out the videos as well. On every level, THANK YOU.

[TheArtyMummy]

Sweet potato can also be a natural soil improver. When I was a kid we planted sweet potato and rosella in our dam bank, heavy clay that wouldn't grow anything else. We never harvested the sweet potato. The rosella produced well enough to provide us with delicious rosella jam and over time ( 3-5 years) the unharvested sweet potato created beautiful rich soil we could then use to grow practically anything. The tubers gradually broke downthe clay and rotted tubers made natural compost. It was an accidental discovery as the first 'harvest' really didn't produce anything edible so we just left it. A few years later when we decided to plant a more clay friendly plant, we dug in and found instead of clay there was lovely soil. Set and forget soil improver 😉💕 considering trying it now i have 20acres with a large bare ugly dam bank. Ps. Hi from a fellow Queenslander 😀

[RichardHaigh-izie]

Refreshing to hear a straight forward, no nonsense, practical and informative video in the internet.

[pwammann]

I wish I had neighbors like him! Fun and very informative in a concise format. Well done!

[karenlynetteb]

I am Native American. I suggest you plant Tobacco plants in your garden. It is a natural Pesticide. It became a Holy plant, because it protected crops....a gift or blessing from the Great Spirit. Most gardens have less pests if they have Tobacco plants. I don't know about Australia...but I think it would be worth a try. I liked your video.

[mercyngige]

Hey, its Mercy from Kenya. I like that you are growing those tubers the same way we do here. I would like to suggest you leave some in the sun for a few days and notice the difference in taste. That is a tip we use to increase both sugar content and durability out here. Pls let me know if u do. Thanx and all the best.

[hhlagen]

Love this guy!! I’ve got collards squash and tomatoes to eat out of my yard since I started watching him. I’m going to start a sweet potatoe today.

[peterbutler]

See doing things in the back yard can be fun. Great site and yes he is a dork. The world needs more, dorks.

[darrylrowley]

Hi Mark. After following your instructions almost to the letter, I dug 1sq metre of my potato patch for a return of 17 1/2 kgs. Im stoked so thanks for your help. Youre a legend.👍